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Intercomparison of Integrated Water Vapor Estimates from Multisensors in the Amazonian Region

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Water vapor is an atmospheric component of major interest in atmospheric science because it affects the energy budget and plays a key role in several atmospheric processes. The Amazonian region is one of the most humid on the planet, and land use change is able to affect the hydrologic cycle in several areas and consequently to generate severe modifications in the global climate. Within this context, accessing the error associated with atmospheric humidity measurement and the validation of the integrated water vapor (IWV) quantification from different techniques is very important in this region. Using data collected during the Radiation, Cloud, and Climate Interactions in Amazonia during the Dry-to-Wet Transition Season (RACCI/DRY-TO-WET), an experiment carried out in southwestern Amazonia in 2002, this paper presents quality analysis of IWV measurements from RS80 radiosondes, a suite of GPS receivers, an Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) solar radiometer, and humidity sounding from the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB) aboard the Aqua satellite. When compared to RS80 IWV values, the root-mean-square (RMS) from the AERONET and GPS results are of the order of 2.7 and 3.8 kg m Ϫ2 , respectively. The difference generated between IWV from the GPS receiver and RS80 during the daytime was larger than that of the nighttime period because of the combination of the influence of high ionospheric activity during the RACCI experiment and a daytime drier bias from the RS80.
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hal-03140387 , version 1 (12-02-2021)

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Luiz F Sapucci, Luiz a T Machado, João F G Monico, Artemio Plana-Fattori. Intercomparison of Integrated Water Vapor Estimates from Multisensors in the Amazonian Region. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2007, 24 (11), pp.1880-1894. ⟨10.1175/JTECH2090.1⟩. ⟨hal-03140387⟩
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